diff --git a/src/dialog/windows/SDL_windowsdialog.c b/src/dialog/windows/SDL_windowsdialog.c
index d3cb8a27d1..364753cfdf 100644
--- a/src/dialog/windows/SDL_windowsdialog.c
+++ b/src/dialog/windows/SDL_windowsdialog.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ void windows_ShowFileDialog(void *ptr)
 
             chosen_files_list[nfiles] = NULL;
 
-            if (WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, file_ptr, -1, chosen_folder, MAX_PATH, NULL, NULL) >= MAX_PATH) {
+            if (WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, file_ptr, -1, chosen_folder, MAX_PATH, NULL, NULL) == 0) {
                 SDL_SetError("Path too long or invalid character in path");
                 SDL_free(chosen_files_list);
                 callback(userdata, NULL, -1);
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ void windows_ShowFileDialog(void *ptr)
 
                 int diff = ((int) chosen_folder_size) + 1;
 
-                if (WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, file_ptr, -1, chosen_file + diff, MAX_PATH - diff, NULL, NULL) >= MAX_PATH - diff) {
+                if (WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, file_ptr, -1, chosen_file + diff, MAX_PATH - diff, NULL, NULL) == 0) {
                     SDL_SetError("Path too long or invalid character in path");
 
                     for (size_t i = 0; i < nfiles - 1; i++) {